INTERCULTURAL

LEADERS

Yehuda Silverman

Fellowship Programme

Dr. Yehuda Silverman is a peacebuilding pracademic (practitioner/academic) who specializes in conflict prevention, analysis, and transformation. He is an Instructor at Northwestern University's Civic Education Project, Cultural Exchange Assistant with Acquaint, Facilitator at World Learning, and a Goldin Global Fellow. He serves on The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers Inclusivity Steering Committee, which was founded by the UN Mediation Support Unit. He is also part of the Propel Earth founding team, an innovative social impact platform. He additionally mentors emerging peacebuilders through UNESCO Global Youth Community, United People Global, and Initiatives of Change. During his postdoctoral academic appointment, he developed and taught the course Intrapersonal Peace and Conflict Prevention as the Faculty Diversity Fellow at Ursuline College. Some additional fellowships include being a Faith For Our Planet Fellow at Duke University, WFUNA Peace Fellow, UNAOC Fellow, UNESCO MGIEP TAGe Fellow, and Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace. He also facilitated courses with UNESCO MGIEP, Brock University, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy/AMIDEAST, World Beyond War, Civic Synergy, and Erasmus+ partners. He taught English online to people impacted by conflict with Paper Airplanes, and served as a Global Solutions Sustainability Challenge Coach for IREX and a Guardian ad Litem (a court appointed special advocate) representing abused, abandoned, and neglected children. Further initiatives include collaborating in a Pilot Peace Pal Program with the Boys and Girls Clubs, and mentored peacebuilders in the Atlas Corps Virtual Leadership Institute and university students in Search for Common Ground's Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation Peace Project. His PhD is in Conflict Analysis and Resolution with a concentration in International Peace (Nova Southeastern University), and he is also a certified Facilitator in Intercultural Dialogue (UN Habitat) and Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (University of Rhode Island).